# De sophisticis elenchis 27

Aristotle, De sophisticis elenchis, Chapter 27. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/de-sophisticis-elenchis/27

Τοὺς δὲ παρὰ τὸ αἰτεῖσθαι καὶ λαμβάνειν τὸ ἐν ἀρχῇ πυνθανομένῳ μέν, ἂν ᾖ δῆλον, οὐ δοτέον, οὐδ᾿ ἂν ἔνδοξον ᾖ, λέγοντα τἀληθές. Ἂν δὲ λάθῃ, τὴν ἄγνοιαν διὰ τὴν μοχθηρίαν τῶν τοιούτων λόγων εἰς τὸν ἐρωτῶντα μεταστρεπτέον ὡς οὐ διειλεγμένον· ὁ γὰρ ἔλεγχος ἄνευ τοῦ ἐξ ἀρχῆς. Εἶθ᾿ ὅτι ἐδόθη οὐχ ὡς τούτῳ χρησομένου, ἀλλ᾿ ὡς πρὸς τοῦτο συλλογιουμένου τοὐναντίον, ἢ ἐπὶ τῶν παρεξελέγχων.

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Aristotle, De sophisticis elenchis, ed. Immanuel Bekker. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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